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DEARDEN, William. The star-seer: a poem, In Five Cantos. London. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1837. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 173pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Thomas Adam and recent ticket of W. J. Jaggard booksellers of Liverpool to FEP, recent label of Nottingham Public Libraries to FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29263
GOETHE, Baron [Johann Wolfgang]. The sorrows of werter... London. Printed by W. Lewis...for James Goodwin, 1813. 12mo. iv, 191pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Later burgundy half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, paper shelf-label to foot of dulled spine. Foxed, offsetting to title. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 26351
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The song of hiawatha. London. David Bogue, 1855. First edition, first issue. 8vo. The first issue, with 'dove' for 'dived' on p.96. iv, 316, 24pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped olive green cloth, lettered in gilt. Recently expertly rebacked, preserving original spine panel. Extremities heavily worn and rubbed, spine chipped and dulled, upper joint split - board working loose. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27089
SYMINGTON, Maggie. The "snow queen.". London. James Clarke and Co., [1869]. First edition. 12mo. 142pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Binding cocked, a trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Inked ownership inscription of M. Louisa Symington and Robert Symington to recto of FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22209
BURBIDGE, John. The Slave Trade, and other poems. London. J.H. Jackson, 1847. First edition. 8vo. [2], 24pp. Original publisher's green cloth over card boards. A little rubbed and marked, some damp-staining to endpapers and preliminaries, hinges starting. Light spotting to text. Presentation copy, inscribed 'Louisa Sarah Laufear from Dear Mrs Burbidge, Thursday Sept. 2nd 1847' to head of title. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 17539
THOMSON, James. The seasons. London. Printed [by Henry Woodfall] for A. Millar, 1744. 8vo. [6], 243pp, [1]. Title in red and black. With four engraved plates. Errata slip pasted to p.243. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, all edges red. Extremities worn, joints split. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to verso of FFEP: 'From the Author'. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 29967
THOMSON, [James]. The seasons. London. [s.n.], 1730. Quarto. [12], 252, 16pp. Title page in red and black. With a list of subscribers and five engraved plates by William Kent. A reissue of the 1730 edition, with the addition of ’Britannia’, second edition corrected, 1730, with separate title page, pagination and register. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints split, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, marginal damp-staining to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28911
WEBSTER, Margaret. The same only different . London. Victor Gollancz, 1969. First edition. 8vo. xvii, 391pp, [4], xiv. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, with original publisher's black and white pictorial dustwrapper. Boards soiled, wrapper price-clipped, creased and marked with several tears though no major loss. Top- and fore-edges a little foxed, internally bright save a large crease on p.153. Inscribed from the author to FFEP: 'My dear Larry. with deepest admiration & love'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31409
QUILLINAN, Edward. The sacrifice of Isabel: a poem. London. Bensley and Son, 1816. First Edition. 12mo. 48pp, [2], 11, [1]. With seven pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Uncut in original publisher's boards, title written in manuscript on the spine, circular shelf label at base of spine. Boards slightly rubbed with moderate surface wear, small chip to top of spine. Small hole to FFEP at gutter margin, else a fresh copy. Contemporary inscription of Joseph Tasker to FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26342
GRAHAME, James. The Sabbath, with sabbath walks, and other poems. Edinburgh. Printed for Ogle, Allardice, & Thomson, 1817. Eighth ediiton. 8vo. xiii, [1], 161pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, gilt supralibros with initials 'JAR' to upper board, marbled edges. Rubbed, chipping to head and foot of dulled spine, upper board held by cord only. Marbled endpapers, remnants of armorial bookplate to verso of FFEP, manuscript extracts, in two separate unidentified hands, from John Wilson's elegy on the author to rear ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27702
GRAHAME, James. The sabbath: sabbath walks and other poems. London. James Nisbet and Co., 1857. 8vo. [2], 123pp, [3]. With a half-title, 28 engravings in the text after designs by Birket Foster, and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-stamped navy cloth, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to FEP, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23687
JAMES, G[eorge] P[ayne] R[ainsford]. The robber. Paris. Baudry's European Library, 1838. 8vo. [2], 370pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled endpapers, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to upper board. Upper hinge exposed, early armorial bookplate and recent book-label of Iain J. A. S. Woolley to FEP, slight loss to head of dedication leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28091
[SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley]. The rivals, a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. London. Printed for John Wilkie, 1775. First edition. 8vo. x, [6], 100pp. With a half-title. Catchword on p.100: 'epi-' (a variant has no catchword on p.100). Later half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting, chipping to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. Presentation copy; inked inscription to half-title: 'From the Author', though seemingly not in Sheridan's hand. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25706
[CRICKET]. D'URFEY, Thomas. The Richmond Heiress: or, a Woman Once in the Right . A comedy, acted At the theatre royal, By Their Majesties Servants. London. Printed for Samuel Briscoe, 1693. First edition. Quarto. [8], 32, 29-36, 41-64pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. Variant setting, the title page has 'Royal' spelled correctly and 'by Mr. D'Urfey', the line beneath the author statement is unbroken, the stage direction reads to leaf H4v reads 'Cunnington'. Recent calf-backed, tan cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Light shelf-wear. Leaves toned, small burn-hole to leaf C2, short tear to leaf F3 (touching text without loss), occasional ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19458